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The Crucible Research Paper

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There are witches in our school. Does that sound crazy? Like an accusation from 1692 during the times of the witch trials? No, not quite. The belief in witches is still very much alive right now. According to a recent Gallup poll, 21% of Americans believe in witches; 37% in haunted houses and 41% in ESP. Therefore, our belief in the supernatural may be as real now as it was for the people in The Crucible. The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller in 1952 about the Salem witch trials that occurred in 1692. At that time, everyone in Salem was paranoid that people, including their friends and family were witches. Over 200 people were accused of being witches and 20 were actually hung. In The Crucible young girls actually tried to participate

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